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June 9, 2010 Service bulletin

Toyota: brief engine knock/rattle noise cold startup

Toyota technical service bulletin TSB-0146-10 for 2009-2011 Toyota Camry, 2009-2010 Toyota RAV4 and 2009-2010 Toyota Highlander and others.

Bulletin number
TSB-0146-10
Component
Engine and engine cooling: engine
Summary
Toyota: brief engine knock/rattle noise cold startup. Immediately following a cold soak startup, some model vehicles equipped with the 1ar-fe and 2ar-fe engines may exhibit a brief knock/rattle noise from the engine compartment for approximately one second.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 477 complaints in the engine category.

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